The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25

While in attendance at Court next
week step in and pay your subscription.
DR. Joseph c. Irwin, who has been
praeticing medicine at Lilly for the past
year. has removed to New Brighton. Beaver
county Pa.
Matthew Barrstz. a young flour HI ol<Ar.
has been missing from Pittsburg fer several
davs. and number of commission mel
chants from Uhom he borrowed $40 COO are
anxiously awaiting h.s return
The ticket office at Mckea's Sta ion. on
tha NartinshurR branch, Blair county, was
r'hhad of about ten dollars in cash on last
saturday evening. The thieves forced open
the door while the agent was out.
The following persons will each receive
letter by calling at the Ebensburg Post
Office: Mrs. Beckie Roberts, Mrs. VIM,
OFT. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Miss. Stella
Vaughn. Miss. Matte Evans, Mr.. Henry
EroXel, (2) Evan E. Griffith.
The members of the Ebensburg Cornet
Band desire to tender their heartfelt thanks
to the members OF the different choirs in
this place, and to Miss Jesse Clark, OF Cres-
son, for their geneI Gus and kindly assistance
at their concert on Tuesday night
"A twelve hour 90 as-you- please walking
match took place az Altoona. on Tuesday
last, at the Altoona skating rink. The win.
Der to get $50 90, championship cup of eish
counties, ana per cent. of the gate receiptsq
Nine contestants entered the race, which
was won by David Shannon whose score wAs
G3 miles aud laps.
Mrs. Mary McGough, OF Summerbiu
to-, IS the widow of Philip McGoueh who
recently died at East Conemaugh from in.
juries received on the railroad near Portage
re having been struck by the engine of the
Mail west, and was member of the p. R.
K. Relief Fund. On Saturday last P R. R,
ShOp-Clerk Stewart received the necessc ~
papers, and paid over to Mrs. M'GoG-' the
sum of 5000 -.
At CleaIfeld on Monday Mrs. Price
and Mrs. Stran, who reside near Curwens-
Vile, were charged before Judge Krebs with
changing United States money from two
dollar bills to twenty, but were dismissed
for want of jurisdiction. Large clphers cut
from Internal revenue stamps or cigar labels
are pasted after the prominent figures on
the bills very 5unglingly done, was the
L
is now for the United States authorities to
take bold of the cases, and proceedings are
looked for IL the near future
"A terrible accident happened at Belle
fOnte on Tuesday morning. A gang of five
bricklayers employed } y the firm of Wintring
Dixon, of Pittsburgh, were engaged in
lining one of the stoves at Valentines fur
mace when the scaffoIding on which they
stood fell. precipitating twelve men to the
bottom Of the stack, a distance of sixty. five
feet. Five men were killed and two Others
fatally injured. The names of the killed
were Chas. Smith, VIM. Goodman, Jos. Ca
hill, Charles Fredericks and John Goss
The fgtallv Injured are Charles Goodman,
brother of William, and Fred Maxwell
Johnny Shaffer. Frank Bradley. John Wolf,
William Truxer, William Hines, and W
Conrad fell the same distance. but escaped
with slight injuries. The sclffold had been
weighed down with some s OOo brick.
On last sunday morning the house of
John Bortmas in RUckIand township, Cen
ire county, was entered by three masked
men. Bortmas is 20 years Of age and it was
known that be always had money about the
house. The men demanded his money aud
SiA Lin X iu9fA ~ ElNO u up VI tell NuBEt llt
had it concealed, they tied rope around his
neck and threw it over the top of the door
and pulled the old man off his feet by the
rope. They hanged him in that way three
times but be still stubbOrnly refused to give
up his money although almost dead. Fall
ing to terrorize the old man, the men took a
shovel, aud heapinR it full Of live Goals, one
Of them held it to the soles of the old mans
feet while the others sat on his legs and so
prevented his drawing his feet away. This
torture was more than Bortmas could en-
aure. and be begged for mercy and told
where the money was. The robbers Obtain
ed 1912, One-third Of which was gold They
did not believe this was all that Bortmas
had, and resorted to the torture of the Goals
again to force him to reveal the hiding place
of the rest. He protested, under torture,
that be had no more and the robbers finally
ceased, tying BOrtmas to the bed-pOst.
The men went into the kitchen, where
they cooked themselves a hearty supper and
ate II at their leisure. 1t was after 10 O'Clock
when they left. The people returRing from
party heard BOrtmas' cries and released
him. No clue 70 the robbers has been obtain
ed Besides the 1912 they secured. Bortmas
had thousands OF dollars under the floor
within three feet Of where they tortured him.
It Is believed they live IN the vicinity.